desanimar
[d̪esaniˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“desanimar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,953 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,953
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desanimar · desanimar · Spanish
desanimar · rank #56,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,953
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desafortunadas
Nearest frequency peer: desafortunadas (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “desanimar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- demandadas
demandadas
43,052 corpus weight
- dermatología
dermatología
43,051 corpus weight
- derritiendo
derritiendo
43,050 corpus weight
- desafortuna…
desafortunadas
43,049 corpus weight
- desanimar
desanimar
43,048 corpus weight
- desequilibr…
desequilibrada
43,045 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desanimar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desanimar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esaniˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desanimar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desanimar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,953 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esaniˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for desanimar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is desanimar, spelled D-E-S-A-N-I-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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